Gaikai headlines

PlayStation Now developers Gaikai has updated its official site, which now contains a UI concept for the service, along with some price-points for games such as Far Cry 3, Uncharted 3 and The Last of Us.

PlayStation Now, the new face of Gaikai, will provide PS3 cloud-streaming for PS4, PS Vita, Bravia TV and other devices. VG247’s Dave Cook explains why early naysayers need to look at the bigger picture.

PlayStation 4’s Gaikai-enabled streaming technology has been re-branded as ‘PlayStation Now.’ Sony revealed the newly-titled service at CES 2014, along with details regarding its roll-out across North America this summer.

PlayStation 4’s cloud tech and Sony’s acquisition of Gaikai has got people talking about the future of games consoles as services, rather than boxes. That’s certainly how Sony’s UK MD Fergal Gara sees it.

SCE Worldwide Studios boss Shuhei Yoshida has explained that using the power of Gaikai streaming, he would like to see PlayStation games brought to all devices, be it PC, Blu-Ray players, mobiles and tablets.

PlayStation 4 is billed to provide a back catalogue of streamed PSone, PS2 and PS3 titles courtesy of Gaikai at some point down in 2014, however, the service’s European launch could face delays due to concerns over the territory’s broadband capability.

While many are expecting Sony to announce PS4 in New York City tomorrow, the firm is also rumored to be unveiling what it plans to do with the cloud service Gaikai it bought for a $380 million last year.